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5 Choose the correct option from the following:
a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct
explanation of Assertion.
b) Both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the
correct explanation of Assertion.
c) If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
d) If Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.
e) If Assertion & Reason both are incorrect.
Assertion (A): An elephant is different from a lion.
Reason (R): Because they belong to different species.

6 Name the following -
a) (i) The period for which a living organism lives.
(ii) Removal of waste product from the body.
(iii) Group of organisms capable of breeding and producing young
ones.
b) Define species. Dog and cat belong to two different species.Justify.

7 Some organisms are listed below.Write the life span of each.
a) Life span of polar bear
b) Life span of house fly
c) Life span of tortoise
d) Life span of may fly
e) Life span of chimpanzee

8 Why is excretion important in living beings? Write the excretory wastes in
the following -
a) after digestion of foodin human
b) after respiration in plants

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